fast and ferocious

Chapter 396 The Book of Business (Part [-])

Lying on the bed, Qin Wubing's mind was very clear, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. He knew that the emperor decided to use him to investigate the cheating case after several trials today. The emperor was very anxious, otherwise he wouldn't be going there for the first time. Seeing him in the government office cell, it was the second time he stayed in Qin's house for so long.

Qin Wubing could imagine that when the emperor raised his thoughts in the early court, a bunch of officials knelt down, some wept bitterly, some beat their chests and stamped their feet, and some stood upright, blocking the emperor's thoughts in their abdominal cavity time and time again. , I didn't even have a chance to say it all.

The emperor is the emperor, and he wants to be a good emperor. How can he tolerate being ostracized by the ministers, making it difficult to carry out the new policy, and even losing power!
Qin Wubing stroked his train of thought, now he can no longer reason step by step as he did in the past when investigating ordinary cases, if he wants to find out who is at the top, he must first figure out what kind of chess he has arranged!

On the bright side, he will continue to investigate the homicide case at the posthouse in Tonghui County. This line requires Tian Yougui and the others to recognize him when the Yongcheng Hou Mansion hosts a banquet. Zhu Baoqing, who lived in the posthouse that day, and the other line, he should devote himself to pondering, find out the chess moves of that person, and then deduce who that person is!
Qin Wubing thought, a person who can manipulate many officials of the imperial court to use him, and has been safe and sound for many years, shows his overall view and resourcefulness. If such a person sits in a high position, it is impossible to have no enemies. How can he not show his flaws for many years?

If he is not in a high position, how does he control these high officials and hide his talents?
Qin Wubing thought that he could come up with an ugly character, but he fell asleep after thinking about it.

The next day, as soon as Qin Wubing got up, Xiaofu said: "Master Xue has arrived early, when will Seventh Young Master see you?"

"Since I arrived early, I must have not eaten breakfast, so let him have dinner with me."

Xiaofu went down to invite shopkeeper Xue.

After Qin Wubing washed up, he sat down at the table, Xiao Er had already put the breakfast on the table.

Shopkeeper Xue arrived outside the door very quickly, Xiaofu first let out a call, Qin Wubing called out, "Come in", and then shopkeeper Xue bowed into the room.

Qin Wubing enthusiastically invited Shopkeeper Xue to have breakfast together, but Shopkeeper Xue refused to say that he had used it, and stood aside respectfully, Qin Wubing asked him to sit down and answer, but Shopkeeper Xue refused, saying: "The rules cannot be broken."

Qin Wubing didn't want to force it. Although shopkeeper Xue was not young, he still looked tough. Qin Wubing stopped trying to persuade him and asked directly, "Who did our family mainly rely on in the capital before?"

"Back to the Seventh Young Master, I can't say who we mainly rely on. We have to respect all the people in the government. The etiquette of the New Year and the festival is naturally indispensable. As the saying goes, the county officials are not as good as the current ones. Those officials in the yamen... In the past, even if we leaned in front of others, they would not look at us seriously, and I could only get closer to some petty officials, but now it is different, just these few days, I don’t know how many people have come to the store to build relationships ..."

"You mean that our family can start a business in the capital only by relying on the little officials in the yamen?"

Shopkeeper Xue smiled and said: "Seventh Young Master doesn't know something. Our family's business in the capital is very small, no better than in other places. It has something to do with our family's failure to find a big tree in the capital."

Qin Wubing put down his chopsticks and asked, "You mean, our family has never been established in the capital?"

Shopkeeper Xue sighed and said, "Exactly! I am also incompetent. I have spent a lot of money these years, but..."

Qin Wubing waved his hand and asked, "Since when did our family have a shop in the capital?"

"Going back to Seventh Young Master, it will be ten years in half a year."

"When will shopkeeper Xue take over the business of the Qin family's capital?"

"Back to the seventh young master, I have been taking care of it from the beginning. It was easier to do it at the beginning, but after the business improved, there were more troubles. The master backed down at that time. Our Qin family traveled far and wide, and the business It's so big, why can't it stand in the capital? It's not because there is no one in the capital. At that time, someone introduced a shopkeeper from another shop in the capital to the master. He only needs to pay more money to come here. I don't know where to send the pig's head, I don't know how much better it is, but the master is useless, and then I thought, if the master used it then, maybe..."

"Shopkeeper Xue thinks too much. Since that person can throw away the owner's money just because he has more money, I wouldn't use it if it were any other way! The Qin family is not bad for the business of these shops, and opening a shop in the capital is also for the sake of face... ...What kind of business does our family do in the capital?"

"Tea, rouge and gouache. I originally wanted to wait for the business to stabilize before opening jewelry and jade, but... I have never dared to open it."

Qin Wubing could understand that his family wanted to use tea, rouge powder and other low-cost products to try the water in the capital, but it took ten years to try it, because he didn't find a way to do it, so he didn't dare to open a large profit For business, these two small shops of the Qin family were kept open in a tepid manner.

"Shopkeeper Xue has figured out some tricks over the years?"

"Going back to Young Master Seven, I got some. First of all, many family members of officials in the capital like to open their own shops. If they want to gain a foothold in the capital, the easiest way is to form a joint stock with these family members. I have inquired about them. They eat big and we eat small ones." Said, the money invested in the early stage is also paid by us, they only wait for the share, and it must be done by an acquaintance, and finding this acquaintance is very skillful, and it can’t be done without spending some money. I tried it, and it’s true. Young master, a lot of money was taken away."

Qin Wubing nodded: "Normal! What else?"

"The other thing is that the officials in the yamen will take a fancy to them, accept our money, and be willing to protect us."

"How can I make them catch my eye?"

"For example, there are relatives in the family who are officials..."

"Isn't this going back to the front again?"

"Yes!"

"That is to say, as long as the shops in the capital are a little bigger, they cannot be separated from the protection of officials!"

Shopkeeper Xue sighed and said:
"Seventh Young Master may not know that the imperial court still has requirements for merchants. Branch merchants and seat merchants, if they are merchants, they can no longer be merchants. Our Qin family is both a merchant and a merchant. It's just that we use our own bodyguard bureau to transport goods. It can't be investigated, our Qin family is not the only one doing business like this, but if it is a joint stock with the family members of officials, it must be made clear, the master said that greedy officials have seen too many, and dare not hand over the handle in a blatant manner. I dare not go on this road after trying it.”

"Our Qin family has so many businesses in other places, so we naturally know many officials, so there is no one who can help us speak up in the capital?"

Shopkeeper Xue said: "They are all cannibals who don't spit out their bones. The master said that no one can be trusted."

(End of this chapter)